Consultant to support Accessibility Activities At Handicap International – Humanity & Inclusion

1. Introduction and Background Information

1.1. Humanity and Inclusion

Humanity and Inclusion (HI) – previously known as Handicap International- is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. HI is working in more than 60 countries over the World.

HI has been working in Vietnam for 30 years, mostly in the fields of health and prevention (mother and child health and road safety), rehabilitation (rehabilitation care for people with spinal cord injury and brain lesions), education (access to inclusive education for children with disabilities) and livelihoods (access to decent work for people with disabilities).

1.2. HI Rehabilitation Project in Vietnam

The rehabilitation project, funded by the USAID, started in October 2015 and is expected to last for 8 years (until September 2023). The project’s goal is to improve quality of life of people with brain lesions, especially those with brain stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and/or spina bifida/hydrocephalus, by improving access and quality of rehabilitation services. In order to do so, the project develops 4 main approaches:

Strengthening of rehabilitation service delivery
Building Human Resources’ capacities and skills.
Strengthening governance and networking
Improving awareness among general population and local authorities on home accessibility and independent living

1.3. HI Rehabilitation project intervention in term of House Accessibility and Independent living

Since 2020, HI rehabilitation project in Vietnam has been acting to improve accessibility of the physical environment (house) of people with physical disabilities, in order to enable them, so far as possible, to carry out their daily activities safely and independently. Targeted beneficiaries are supported with improved accessibility of their house and provision of assistive devices in order to (re-)gain functionality and independence.

Through the project’s sub-award ACDC (Action to the Community Development Centre), the beneficiaries benefit also from independent living skills training and peer support.

Over the past two years, more than 200 people with physical disabilities, both children and adults, have benefited from house accessibility.

For its final year, HI rehabilitation project in Vietnam aims at working on sustainability of its activities regarding “House Accessibility and Independent living”, through the following modalities:

Modality 1 – Information, awareness-raising:

The focus will be on promoting collective awareness of the importance of accessibility, as part of the global picture concerning the recognition and respect of the rights of people with disabilities. Information and awareness-raising will target very diverse audiences, and in particular civil society (local organizations, national NGOs…), professionals or future professionals (practicing architects, engineers, technicians, project managers), and decision-makers (national and local authorities) who define and implement accessibility policies.

Awareness-raising work will be carried out in collaboration with local stakeholders, in particular organization of people with disabilities. In the framework of this modality, IEC (Information, Education, Communication) materials, booklet and eLearning module on Accessibility will be produced.

Modality 2 – Stakeholders training:

In order to support local stakeholders, help them to understand the issues and accompany them in changing their practices, technical training based on local standards or, where these do not exist, international standards and the principles of Universal Design will be provided.

This training will address a wide range of stakeholders: local and national authorities; architects, civil and infrastructure engineers, etc.

2. Consultancy details

2.1. Technical training

The consultant supports HI’s Rehabilitation project in Vietnam providing technical training on Accessibility to relevant professionals such as engineers, urban planners, architects, architecture professors, managers etc. details in the attached Annex1: Terms of Reference (ToR) specific to this activity.

2.3. eLearning module

The consultant supports HI’s Rehabilitation project in Vietnam developing the contents of the training module on Accessibility details in the attached Annex2: ToR specific to this activity.

2.5. Expected service deadlines

1. Providing technical training

May-June, 2023

2. Developing eLearning

March 31, 2023

2.6. Responsibilities of the consultant

He/ She engages to:

Respect the elements mentioned in the ToR related to each activity
Take responsibility for making effective use of time, and for the outcomes and actions taken as result.

2.7. Responsibilities of HI

HI technical advisor should:

Work closely with the consultant and provide him/her with needed information
Provide the necessary support for the smooth running of this consultancy.

2.8. Contact person

During the performance of the service, the consultant will be required to work in liaison with Handicap International’s teams, and notably with Ms. Wissal HEDHLI, who will be his/her contact person.

2.9. Deadline for submission

24 February 2023

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